Hadhrat ibn Abbaas (Radhiyallahu Anhuma) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: “A group will appear close to Qiyaamah who will dye their hair with black like the bellies of pigeons. They will not be blessed with the fragrance of Jannah (i.e. for some period they will undergo punishment in Jahannum and be deprived of Jannah).”

Hadhrat Jaabir (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reports that Hadhrat Abu Quhaafa (Radhiyallahu Anhu) (the father of Hadhrat Abu Bakr [Radhiyallahu Anhu]) was brought before Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) on the occasion of the conquest of Makkah Mukarramah. His hair and beard was completely white which resembled the Thaghaama plant (a type of plant which its fruit and flowers were white in colour). Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said to him: “Change the colour of this (whiteness) through dying it with something, however abstain from black dye.”